Device for cutting stays and applying tips thereto.



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DEVICE FOR CUTTING STAYS AND APPLYING TIPS THERETO.

APPLICATION FI LED MAY II, 1914.

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DEVICE FOR CUTTING STAYS AND AIPLYING TIPS TI-IERE'IO.

Application filed May 11, 1914.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, MARSHALL B. GARD- NER, a citizen of the United States and a resident of Aurora, in the county of Kane and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Cutting Stays and Applying Tips Thereto; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a novel device or machine for cutting corset or dressstays, to

give a desired length thereto, and for applying sheet metal tips to such stays.

Stays, or stay strips for corsets or other garments, of the kind on which my novel machine is more particularly designedto operate, are made of metal, with a fabric covering, and the sheet metal tips are secured thereto by being clamped on the ends of the same by pressure. Such stays are commonly made by the manufacturers thereof in standard lengths, but the makers of corsets, especially when the same are made to measure for individual customers, frequently find that the stays need to be cut to definite lengths, difierent from the standard lengths furnished, and when so cut it becomes necessary to apply to the cut-off ends tips for giving a proper finish to the same.

The object of my invention is to provide, for the use of corset makers, a simple and conveniently operated machine, adapted for easily and readily cutting such stays, and also for applying tips to the cut-01f ends 01 the same.

The invention consists in the matters hereinafter described and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings-Figure 1 is a front View in front elevation of a device for cutting stays and applying tips to the ends thereof; said device being con-' structed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a sectional view, taken on line 2-2 of Fig.1; Fig. 3 is a sectional view, taken on line 33 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a sectional view,

"taken on line 44 of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a sectional view, taken on line 55 of Fig. 4, with parts omitted for the sake of illustration; Fig. 6 is a front view in front elevation of the movable cutting die; Fig. 7 is a Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 27, 1915.

Serial No. 837,754.

bottom plan view of said movable cutting die; Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the movable and stationary pressing dies, the same being shown as being separated from each other; and Figs. 9, 10 and 11 are detail vertical sectional views, respectively, showing the pressing dies and inserted stay in the positions that said parts assume during the clamping of the tip upon the end of the stay by said pressing dies.

Referring to the drawings, illustrating in detail thepreferred form of my device for cutting stays and applying tips upon the ends thereof, the same comprises a base 15 provided with laterally separated, upright or vertical standards 16, 16, the latter being provided, in the opposed faces thereof, with vertical, inwardly facing guideways or grooves 17, 17. Mounted to slide vertically between said standards and within said guideways 17 17, is a sliding frame 18. Secured to said sliding frame 18, by clamp screws or the like 19, 19, is a cutting die 20, the cut ting or shearing edge of which is below the lower edge of the said sliding frame 18. The cutting die 20 is preferably of such length as to extend between the standards and to have its ends in sliding engagement with the guide-grooves 17 17. (See Fig. 3.) The standardsor uprights 16, 16 are connected, intermediate their ends, by a horizontal frame, bar or yoke member 21 (see Figs. 2 and 4), the latter being located at the rear of the standards and spanning the space between them. Said main frame 18 is provided, intermediate its upper and lower edges, with an opening 22, which, as shown, extends through the front and rear faces of the frame. Rigidly mounted in said yoke member 21, and extending into said opening 22, is a shaft 23, upon the end of which, located in said opening 22, is mounted an eccentric 24, the latter being adapted to turn freely on said shaft. The eccentric 24 has contact with the downwardly and upwardly facing, top and bottom bearing surfaces of said opening 22, and said eccentric, in the rotation thereof, acts to raise and lower, or give vertical movement to said frame 18 on said standards.

As shown in Fig. 4, the shaft 23 is in the form of a screw bolt, the headed end of which seats in a countersunk recess in the eccentric 24. The opposite end of said bolt extends through the yoke member 21 and 11a is screw-threaded for the reception of a clamping nut 27 The cutting die 20, being secured to said frame 18, is raised and lowered in the vertical movement of said frame 18. A handle or hand lever 25 is secured at one end to said eccentric 24, and is employed for turning or rotating said eccentric. The lever 25 is provided at its outer end with a handle piece 26 adapted to be grasped by the workman in operating the machine. As shown in Fig. 2, the side margins of the sliding frame fit closely within the guidegrooves 17, 17 so that lateral movement or vibration of the frame with respect to the standards is prevented. Coacting with said vertically movable cutting die 20 is a stationary cutting die 28, horizontally disposed, and having a cutting or shearing edge in the path of movement of the cutting edge of said movable cutting die. Said stationary cutting die 28 is mounted on a horizontal bearing or seating surface 29 formed 011 an elevated portion 30 of the said base 15. The forward end of said elevated part 30 is provided with an upright, transversely extending flange or raised part 31, arranged forward of, and with its top surface in the same horizontal plane with, the top surface of said stationary cutting die 28. Said stationary cutting die 28 is adjustably secured to said base 15 by clamp screws or the like 32, 32 inserted vertically into said base through apertures 33, 33 in said cutting die 28; said apertures being elongated from front to rear, so as to permit forward or backward adjustment of the stationary cutting die. The heads of said clamp screws 32, 32 are received by elongated countersunk recesses 34, 34 in said die 28, so that the heads of said screws will not project above the top surface of said die 28. (See Figs. 4 and 5.) Adjusting screws 35, 35 are inserted horizontally through the upright flange 31 of said base and engage, at their rear ends, the forward edge of the cutting die 28. By loosening the clamp screws 32, 32 and turning the adjusting screws 35, 35, the cutting die 28 may be moved horizontally toward the forward face or cutting edge of the movable cutting die 20, and after the desired adjustment of said die 28 has been effected the clamp screws 32, 32 are tightened and the die 28 thereby rigidly held in its adjusted position.

Applied over the top of the flange 31 and the stationary cutting die 28 is a horizontal guide plate 36, comprising a depending front flange 37, overlapping the outer face of the raised part 31 of the base 15, and a plurality of laterally separated guide strips 38, 38, which extend inwardly or rearwardly from said flange 36 toward the movable cutting die 20 and over the stationary cutting die 28. Said guide strips 38, 38 are integral with the depending flange 37. The inner ends of said guide strips 38, 38 extend beneath a top guide plate or strip 39, and the latter is secured to said guide strips by screws or rivets 40, 40. Located beneath the guide strips 38, 38, and in contact with the stationary die 28, is a bottom guide plate 41, to which said guide strips are secured by.

rivets or the like 42, 42. As shown in the drawings, the guide plate 36 covers the clamp screws 32, 32 and, in order that the guide plate may be removed from the base to permit access to said screws when it is desired to adjust the stationary cutting die, the said guide plate 36 has detachable connection with the base 15, by means of the following construction: The lateral edges of the stationary cutting die 28 are undercut to provide laterally projecting lugs or ribs 43, 43. At the sides of the guide plate 36 are depending, inwardly extending or inclined holding flanges 44, 44 forming open ended channels, adapted to receive said lugs or ribs 43, 43. By sliding the guide plate 36- in a directionaway from the standards 16, 16, until the lugs 43, 43 leave the channels formed by said flanges 44, 44, the guide plate may be removed from the base 15. The stationary cutting die 28 being secured to the base 15, said stationary cutting die forms, in effect, a partof the base 15, and as a result the guide plate 36 has detachable connection with said base 15. As shown in Fig. 5, the lugs 43, 43 terminate short of the standards 16, 16, so that the inner ends of the ribs will not strike the standards in the horizontal adjustment of the cutting die 28 toward the movable cutting die 20. As shown in Fig. 5, the stationary cutting die 28 extends between the standards 16, 16 and has bearing engagement at its side edges with the opposed inner surfaces of the said standards, whereby the die 28 is additionally guided in its movement during horizontal adjustment.

The vertical rear surface of the stationary cutting die 28 forms, with the horizontal top surface of said die, the cutting edge of the same, and said vertical rear surface is in line with the vertical front surface of the movable cutting die 20. The lower or bottom surface of said movable cutting die 20 forms, with the vertical front surface of said die, the cutting edge of the same. The cutting edges of said dies act, in the movement of the movabledie 20 downwardly past for cutting stays of different sizes. The rear separated, rounded projections 45, 46, 47, 48 and 49, which are made of varying widths to provide =provided in its front vertical surface with a plurality of laterally separated, vertically extending, concave recesses or channels 50,

51, 52, 53 and 54 opening through the lower edge of said die, and forming with said lower edge rounded cutting edges corresponding in curvature with the rounded rear edges of the projections 45, 46,47, etc., ofthe stationary cutting die, said recesses being adapted to receive said projections after the cutting edges of the movable cutting die have been carried below the-cutting edge of the stationary die in the cutting operation.

To facilitate the cutting operation, .the cutting edges ofithe movable die are inclined to the plane of the top surface'of the stationary die.

provided with a plurality of recesses in its 'front face, and the sides of each concave recess being oppositely inclined downwardly from its center, the coaction of the cutting edges of said dies gives a shearing cut, in that the cutting starts at the sides of the stayand continues toward the center of the same. (See Figs. 6 and 7.) Said projections and concave -recesses vary in-siz'e, so

that one i set "of cutting dies may be used for: 1

cutting stays of varying widths. Moreover, each projection and associated concave re-' cess-is made slightlywider than the stay to be cutby said parts, so that thecutting edges will extend laterally a short distance outside of the side edges of the stay. Moreover, by-making the rounded projections and recesses wider than the widths of the stays, in the several standard sizes for which the machine is primarily designed, the masuch standard sizes, it being of course under stood that a guide plate having grooves varying in widths from such standard sizes may beemployed where the stays are wider than those of the-guide plate employed for such standard sizes. V

In order to press or clampthe tip upon the ends of the stays, after the same have been cut by the cutting dies above described,

pressing or clamping dies are provided, and the same are constructed as follows: Attached to the standards 16, 16, at their upper ends and on the sides thereof oppositethe yoke member 21, is a transverse member 56, the latter being secured to said standards by clamp screws 57, 57. Secured by clamp screws or the like 58, 58 to the upper edge of the main sliding frame 18 is a transverse member 59 extending laterally from the sliding frame and overhanging the member 56.

In the construction" shown, in which the said 'movable die is 56 is provided with a plurality of laterally separated channels or recesses 62, 62, 62, 62, adapted to receive projections or parts 63, 63, 63, 63 provided on theopposed or under face-of the. movable pressing die 59, when the latter is'depressed'or moved toward said stationary pressing die 56; The said channels orrecesses 62 are separated by transverse, upright ribs 64, 64, adapted to enter slots or grooves 65, 65 in the movable pressing die 59, said slots 65, 65 being between and separating the projectionsi63, 63.

The device herein described is operated as follows: Whenthe parts areiin the positions shown in Figsrl and 4, the main frame 18 and the movablecutting die 20 are at the upper limit of their vertical'movement and the cutting edgesof the movable cutting die 20 are above the cutting edges of the hori-- zontal stationary cutting'die28. The inn'e'r ends 'ofthe. guide grooves formed between the guide strips-38-, -38and the bottom plate 41 are in line with the concave recesses in the vertical front face of the movable cutting'die 20. Thestay or stays to be out are inserted endwiseand flat-wise between the jcuttingedges of the separated cutting dies 20,-28; said stays being guided into suchgposition" by the guide grooves formed between said guide strips 38, 38.

V The stays also extendbeneath the top strip 39. lf more than one stay is to be cut, a stay is inserted in each guide groove. If one stay is wider than any of the others, the wider stay is inserted in the guide groove that will receive the same. As shown in the drawings, some of the guide grooves in the guide plate 36 are wider than the others, this being provided so that the device may be used' for cutting stays ofvarying widths all at one time; After the stays are in the position stated, the sliding frame 18 is moved vertically downward by turning the eccentric 24' and the cuttingedges of the movable die 20, being moved downward pastthecutting edgesof the horizontal stationary die 28, act to shear off the ends of the stays. .The cutting edges on the projections 45, 46, etc., of the stationary die being rounded or arcuate, as above stated and as shown in the drawings, the severed end the cutting dies and above the stays,the severed ends ofthe latter are held against rising with the movable cutting die 20, in the upward vertical movement thereof. After :the end ofthe stayhas been cut by the cutting dies, the stay is removed from the guide plate 36 and a tip is slipped over the severed end thereof. In Figs. 9,710 and 11 is shown a stay 66 having a tip 67 placed on the rounded severed end thereof and the marginal parts of said tip are pressed or clamped on the end of the stay by the pressing dies 56, 59, in the following manner: The end of the stay and applied tip are inserted vertically and endwise between the pressing dies 56,59, with such parts in one of the sets of vertical grooves 60, 61 in said dies. (See Fig. 9.) The main frame 18 is then moved downwardly by turning the eccentric 24 and the movable pressing die59 is moved toward the stationary pressingdie and acts to force the legs .of the tipagainst. the lateral edges of the stay at the .end-there- (See Fig. 10.) e The said. recesses 'or.

of. slots into which the end of the stay and applied, tip are inserted are preferably just wide enough to receivesuch parts,-so that the marginal portions ofthe tip which over lap the side faces of the staywill not be spreadoutwardly whenpressu-re is applied to'the tip by the pressing dies 56, 59. After thelegs of the. tip are pressed against the edges, of the stay,; the pressing dies -aremoved-apart and ttheis'tay "and applied tip are removed from therebetween, The stay; and applied tip '67 are then placed horizontally and flatwise in one of 'thechannels 62 in the stationary pressingdie 56. The stay and appliedtip are of course inserted in the channel 62 wide enough to-receive thesame. The movable pressing die 59 is then moved toward'the stationary pressmg d1e56and the projection 63 for thechannel in which: the end of the stay and tip are insertedmoved against the opposed marginal parts of the tip, and acts to press the marginal parts of the tip against the stay. -The tip.

is then clamped on the end of the stay. The opposed or vertical side. faces 6& of the transverse ribs 6 1 .arepreferably straight and at right angles to the fiat bottom face of the channel 62, so that the:pressed legs of the tip, having bearing against said vertical side face 64*, will not spread outwardly when pressure is applied to the tip bythe projection 63. The stationary pressing die 56 seatsagainst upwardly facing shoulders 16 ,-16- on the standards 16, 16, so

that the pressure exerted on said die by themovable pressing die :in clamping the tip on the end of the stay will be resisted by the rigid parts ofthe machine frame.

As shown inthe drawings,'and especially in Fig. 8' thereof, one'set-of grooves 60, 61

is. made deep enough to receive a certain standard width of stay. 7

It is to be :understood that; a; stay-cutt 1ng and V tip-applying machine embody ng the .1

arms 68, 68 are longenough so that the same are in contact with the-stationary cutting die, when the movable cuttingdie 2 0 is at the limit of its upward movement, The depending arms 68, 68 serve tolimit the rear ward horizontal adjustment of the'stationary cutting-die 28 and the roundedprojections 45, 46 etc. on said-die are held from being forced too tightly against the wallsof the vertical concave recesses 50, 51, etc.

@lVith the machine above described. and

shown herein, several stay strips, whether fabric covered or not ma be cut to an length desired at one time and tips applied upon the severed ends of the several stays, regardless of the length of the stays. The machine is-also made tocut stay strips of varying-widths and isv not confined tora several features of my invention may be variously constructed,.so far as the form and details of the parts are concerned,-and- I do not, therefore, desire to be limited to" the specific features of construction illustrated in the accompanying drawingsv and s as above described, except in so faras the same are herein claimed aspartxof my in -1 vention. I V I claim as my nvention;

1. A device for'cuttingstays andapply-l ing tips thereto, comprising base hitV, mg vertical guide standards, .a sliding frame mounted between said-- standards,

means for actuating said sliding frame, coactmg stationary and movable cutting. dies,

the movable cutting diebeijng attached to the bottom of the sliding frame and. they stationary cutting die beingattached tosaid base below said sliding frame, and coacting stationary and movable pressing dies, the movable 'pressingfldie bemg attached to the top of the sliding frame and the stationary pressing die being attached to the standards I posed projection. r V

2. A device for cutting stays and applying tips thereto, comprising a'base having vertical, laterally spaced standards, a sliding frame mounted between said standards,

means for actuating said sliding frame, 00- acting stationary and movable cutting dies, the movable cutting die being attached to the bottom of said sliding frame and the stationary cutting die being attached to the base below said movable cutting die, coacting stationary and movable pressing dies, the movable pressing die being attached to the top of the sliding frame and the stationary pressing die to said standards below said movable pressing die, and a grooved guide for the stays detachably secured to said base.

3. A device for cutting stays and applying tips thereto, comprising a base having vertical guide standards, a sliding frame mounted between said standards, means for actuating said sliding frame, coacting stationary and movable cutting dies, the movable cutting die being attached to the sliding frame and the stationary cutting die being attached to the base below said movable cutting die, coacting stationary and movable pressing dies, the movable pressing die being attached to the sliding frame and the stationary pressing die to the standards below said movable pressing die; the stationary cutting die being adjustably mounted on the base, and a grooved guide plate kfor the stays detachably mounted on said ase.

4. A device for cutting stays and applying tips thereto, comprising a base having vertical guide standards, a sliding frame mounted between said standards, an eccentric mounted on said standards and engaging upper and lower, parallel, bearing surfaces on said sliding frame, an operating lever attached to said eccentric, coacting stationary and movable cutting dies, the movable cutting die being attached to the top .of the sliding frame and the stationary cutting die to the base, and coacting stationary and movable pressing dies, the movable pressing die being attached to the sliding frame and the stationary pressing die to the base below said movable pressing die.

5. A device for cutting stays and applying tips thereto, comprising a main frame having laterally separated upright guide standards, a sliding frame mounted at its side edges in said guides, a frame bar attached to and extending between said guides, an eccentric mounted on said frame bar and engaging upper and lower, parallel, bearing surfaces, an operating lever attached to said eccentric, coacting stationary and movable cutting dies, the movable cutting die being attached to the sliding frame and the stationary cutting die to the main frame, and coacting stationary and movable pressing dies, the movable pressing die being attached to the sliding frame and the stationary pressing die to the standards below said movable pressing die.

6. A device for cutting stays, comprising amainframe, asliding frame mounted on said main frame, means for actuating said sliding frame, and coacting stationary and movable cutting dies, attached one to the sliding frame and the other to the main frame, the stationary cutting die being provided with a plurality of rounded projections having cutting edges, and the movable cutting die having a plurality of recesses to receive said projections, extending in the direction of the path of movement of the said movable cutting die.

7. A device for cutting stays and applying tips to the same, comprising a base having vertical guide standards, a sliding frame mounted at its side edges on said standards, means for actuating said sliding frame, 00- acting movable and stationary cutting dies, the movable cutting die being attached to the bottom of the sliding frame and the stationary cutting die to the said base, and coacting stationary and movable pressing dies, the movable pressing die being attached to thetop of the sliding frame and the stationary pressing die being attached to the main frame below said movable pressing die, zgnd a guide for the stays attached to the said ase.

8. A device for cutting stays, comprising a main frame having a base and laterally separated standards rising therefrom, a sliding frame extending transversely between and sliding vertically in said stand,- ards, a stationary cutting die attached to the base, and having a horizontal top surface and a rounded rearward projection having a vertical rear surface, forming with said top surface a curved cutting edge, a movable cutting die attached to the lower part of said sliding frame and having a front vertical curved surface in line with the curved cutting edge of the stationary die, and an inclined cutting edge at its lower margin.

9. A device for cutting stays and applying tips thereto, comprising a main frame having a base and laterally separated guide standards rising therefrom, a sliding frame extending transversely between and sliding vertically in said standards, a stationary cutting die attached to the base, and having a horizontal top surface and a vertical rear surface forming with said top surface a cutting edge, a movable cutting die attached tothe lower part of said sliding frame and having a front vertical surface in line with the rear surface of the stationary die, and an inclined cutting edge at its lower margin, a stationary pressing die extending transversely of, and attached to, said guides, forward of the sliding frame, and a movable pressing die attached to the sliding frame above said stationary die.

10. A device for cutting stays, comprising a main frame having a base and laterally separated guide standards rising therefrom, a sliding frame extending transversely between and sliding vertically in said guides, a stationary cutting die attached to the base, and having a horizontal top surface and a vertical rear surface forming with said top surface a cutting edge, a movable cutting (lie attached to the lower part of said sliding frame and having a front vertical surface in line with the rear surface of the stationary die, and an inclined cutting edge at its lower margin, said movable cutting die having at its ends arms extending below its cuttmg edge and bearing against the rear face of the stationary die.

11. A device for cutting stays, comprising a main frame having a base and laterally separated vertical guide standards rising therefrom, a sliding frame extending transversely between and sliding vertically in said guides, a stationary cutting die attached to the base, and having a horizontal top surface and a plurality of rearward, rounded projections, the rear surface of which forming, with the said top surface, series of rounded cutting edges, a movable cutting die attached to the lower part of,

said sliding frame and having in its front surface a plurality of concave, vertically extending recesses, and a plurality of inclined cutting edges at its lower margin, said movable cutting die having at its ends arms extending below its Cutting edge and bearing against the rear face of the stationary die at the ends of the latter.

12. A device for cutting stays, comprising a main frame having a base and laterally separated guide standards rising therefrom, a sliding frame extending transversely between and sliding vertically in said standards, a stationary cutting die attached to the base, and having a horizontal top surface and a vertical rear surface forming with said top surface a cutting edge, a movable cutting die attached to the lower part of said sliding .frame and having a front vertical surface in line with the vertical surface of the stationary die, and an inclined cutting edge at its lower margin said stationary die having at its rear margin a plurality of rounded projections, and the movable die having in its front face a plurality of vertically extending recesses fitting said projections, and a horizontal guide plate mounted on the base over the stationary'die and provided with guide grooves severally in line with said recesses and projections of the movable and stationary dies. 7

13. A device for cutting stays, comprising a main frame having a base and laterally separated guide standards rising therefrom, a sliding frame extending transversely between and sliding vertically in said standards, a stationary cutting die attachedto the base, and having a horizontal top surface and a vertical rear surface forming with said top surface a cutting edge, a movable cutting die attached to the lower part of said sliding frame and having a front vertical surface in line with the vertical surface of the stationary die, and an inclined cutting edge at its lower margin, said base having a horizontal seat for the stationary cutting die, and a flange which rises above said seat at the forward margin of the same, means for clamping said stationary die against said seat, and adjusting screws inserted through said flange and bearing rearwardly against the forward edge of said stationar die. 7

14. A device for cutting stays, comprising a main frame'having a base and laterally separated guide standards rising therefrom, a sliding frame extending transversely between and sliding vertically in said standards, a stationary cutting die attached to the base, and having a horizontal top surface and a vertical rear surface forming with said top surface a cutting edge, a movable cutting die attached to the lower part of said sliding frame and having a front verticalsurface in line with the vertical surface of the stationary die, and an inclined cutting edge at its lower surface, means for adjusting said stationary die horizontally, and a horizontal guide plate having detachable connection with the base and provided with guides for the stays.

15. A device for cutting stays, comprising a main frame having a base and laterally separated guide standards rising therefrom, a sliding frame extending transversely between and sliding vertically in said standards, a stationary cutting die attached tothe base, and having a horizontal top surface and a vertical rear surface forming with said top surface a cutting edge, a-inovable cutting die attachedto the lower part of said sliding frame and having a front vertical surface in line with thevertical rear surface of the stationary die, and a horizontal guide plate provided at its edges with flanges which engage the side edges of the said stationary die.

16. A device for cutting stays, comprising a main frame having a base and laterally separated, vertical guide standards rising therefrom, a sliding frame extending transversely between and sliding vertically in said plate applied over the top of the stationary cutting die and consisting of a plurality'of laterally'separated guide strips, a horizontal bottom plate secured to said guide strips, and a top strip extending across the inner ends of the said guide strips. 1

17. A device for cutting stays, comprising a main frame having a base and laterally separated guide standards rising therefrom, a sliding frame extending transversely between and sliding vertically in said standards, a stationary cutting die attached to the base, and having a horizontal top surface and a vertical rear surface forming with said top surface a cutting edge, a movable cutting die attached to the lower part of said sliding frame and having a front vertical surface in line with the vertical rear surface of the stationary die, and a horizontal guide plate applied overthe top of the stationary cutting die and consisting of a plurality of laterally separated guide strips, a bottom plate attached to said guide strips, a top strip extending across the inner ends of the said guide strips, and a transverse depending front flange integral with the forward ends of said guide strips.

18. A device for cutting and applying tips to stays, comprising a main frame having a base and laterally separated vertical guides rising therefrom a sliding frame extending transversely between and sliding vertically 7 in said guides, a stationary cutting die attached to the base, and having a horizontal top surface and a vertical rear surface forming with said top surface a cutting edge and undercut side edges, a movable cutting die attached to the lower part of said sliding frame and having a front vertical surface in line with the vertical surface of the stationary die, and a horizontal guide plate provided at its side edges with flanges which engage the undercut side edges of the said stationary die.

19. A device for cutting stays, comprising a main frame having a base and laterally separated guide standards rising therefrom, a sliding frame extending transversely between and sliding vertically in said standards, a stationary cutting die attached to the base, a movable cutting die attached to the lower part of said sliding frame, a horizontal guide plate applied over the top of the top of the stationary cutting die and consisting of a plurality of laterally separated guide strips, a bottom plate attached to said guide strips, and a top strip extending across the means for detachably connecting said guide i MARSHALL B. GARDNER.

Witnesses:

JAMES BUTLER, JUSTIN O. BUGKERIDGE.

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